GRE Word List

JUXTAPOSE

to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)

The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).

Random words

WordMeaning
colloquyconversation
magnanimitythe quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity
inflateddistended with air or gas
morguea place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy
protractto prolong in time or space : continue
reciteto repeat from memory or read aloud publicly
belittleto speak slightingly of : disparage
censoriousmarked by or given to censure (see censure
concordatcompact
gullany of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae)